EP1797932A1 - Reading method of documents for taking bets in a terminal for taking bets and parts for taking bets in order to carry out the method - Google Patents

Reading method of documents for taking bets in a terminal for taking bets and parts for taking bets in order to carry out the method Download PDF

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EP1797932A1
EP1797932A1 EP06291936A EP06291936A EP1797932A1 EP 1797932 A1 EP1797932 A1 EP 1797932A1 EP 06291936 A EP06291936 A EP 06291936A EP 06291936 A EP06291936 A EP 06291936A EP 1797932 A1 EP1797932 A1 EP 1797932A1
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Xavier c/o Sagem Defense Securite Chaussade
Jean-Franço c/o Sagem Defense Securite Lallemant
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  • the present invention relates to improvements made in the field of reading game documents.
  • the two types of documents are presented in the window 2 at the place, that is to say in the sense that makes it possible to read the information which is inscribed therein.
  • the games of a player may be materialized on gaming grids, established at a rate of one per game, which are read in the terminal and recorded; games can also be entered directly into the terminal using a keyboard or touch screen; in both cases, the terminal issues a single receipt on which the information relating to all of the player's games is printed. Subsequently, the receipt is read in turn by the terminal to read the information on the receipt and to validate or invalidate the receipt according to the winning games or losers (a specific marking is affixed to the receipt at least in case of validation for a winning game).
  • the receipts 7 are sections of a strip of material (in practice paper) in roll which are cut into lengths that vary according to the importance of the information contained therein. Thus, if a player has made several bets in successive games, the receipt groups together all the information relating to these bets in the successive games.
  • FIG. 2A shows an example of a receipt 7A on which the information 8A relating to a single set is recorded
  • FIG. 2B shows a receipt 7B on which the related information 8B is recorded.
  • the receipts 7 may have lengths that are highly variable (for example from 100 to 200 mm) depending on the number of games recorded, while their width remains fixed (for example 80 mm) and less than their length, as has was schematized in Figure 1A.
  • the receipts obtained by cutting a strip in a roll, have a relative curvature which is all the more pronounced as the roll is nearing its end.
  • the receipts that are more or less curved, or even rolled up on themselves, fall on a reception tray 9 in a great mess. This makes it necessary to oversize the tray, which leads to a relatively bulky terminal.
  • the main purpose of the invention is to propose an improved solution that makes it possible to eliminate the disadvantages encountered to date.
  • the terminal is equipped with CIS optical sensors whose operation is independent of the patterns presented to it.
  • the CIS optical sensor bar thus detects data that has no meaning on the reciprocating receipt.
  • electronic means including computer, matrix register type shifts that are able to restore the detected data in the appropriate order to reconstruct real data corresponding to the information actually printed on the receipt in parallel lines to the short side of the receipt .
  • the play receipts are read by scrolling the document according to its width, which is relatively small (typically for example 80 mm) and especially that is constant and independent of the length of the information that is written on it. Reading these receipts then requires a fixed predetermined time and shorter, regardless of their length.
  • the receipt introduced into the window in the supine position is curved transversely by the drive means (in practice, a set of drive rollers distributed over the entire length of the introduction window, under it), so that it emerges from the substantially flattened terminal. Successive receipts can then stack correctly in a receptacle that can now be smaller; the terminal as a whole becomes substantially less bulky.
  • the implementation of the method according to the invention assumes that the receipts have a length not exceeding the length of the introduction window and that of the CIS optical sensor bar. In practice, this condition is satisfied with regard to the maximum possible number of grouped games (of the order, for example, of the ten or the dozen).
  • an edge of the receipt which is the presentation edge in the terminal, has at least one mark capable of identifying the document presented as a game receipt and no game grid.
  • Other solutions could be envisaged, for example the detection of the nature of the constituent paper of the receipts which is different from that of the game gratings for example by virtue of appropriate lighting (for example normal paper gaming grids, received from games in thermal paper).
  • the presentation edge of the receipt in the window may comprise several marks succeeding one another along said edge.
  • the mark is a sign printed on the receipt.
  • the marks may be alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt, which alphanumeric signs can then be organized to constitute a gaming receipt authenticity check code.
  • the mark may be printed on the game receipt in at least one color different from that of the information on the receipt, so as to avoid fraud including by simple photocopying.
  • an edge of the game receipts which is the presentation edge in the terminal window, has at least one mark identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a grid. games.
  • the presentation edge of the receipt in the window may comprise several marks succeeding one another along said edge.
  • the mark may be a sign printed on the receipt.
  • the marks may be alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt, which alphanumeric signs may then be organized to constitute a code of authenticity check of the game receipt.
  • the mark printed on the game receipt may be printed in at least one color different from that of the information on the receipt, so as to avoid fraud.
  • the game grids and the game receipts are made of different materials and in that the terminal comprises means for detecting the material constituting a document which are to identify said document as a game receipt and not as a game grid.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B (on which the same elements are designated by the same reference numerals) is shown a terminal such as that of FIGS. 1A, 1B in the window 2 of which the short-length receipt 7A of FIG. 3A is shown in position.
  • introduction in lying positon according to the provisions of the invention.
  • it is shown (in phantom) also in the lying-in introduction position the receipt 7B of greater length of FIG. 3B.
  • the game receipts 7 have at least one specific characteristic, for example physical and / or chemical, reported (for example printed) or intrinsic, which differentiates them from game gates.
  • the terminal 1 then comprises detection means adapted to detect this characteristic identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid.
  • the detection means should be suitable for detecting this characteristic.
  • the device (not shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B) for determining the material constituting the documents introduced is incorporated in the terminal, which thus makes it possible to identify a document as a game receipt and not a game board.
  • gaming grids can be made of paper or cardboard
  • gaming receipts can be made of thermal paper; the detection means may then include lighting adapted to highlighting the "thermal paper" characteristic (for example ultraviolet illumination) and a corresponding sensor.
  • each receipt may comprise or receive on one of its longitudinal edges, which is its insertion edge in the window 2 of the terminal, at least one mark 9. to identify the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid.
  • the presentation edge of the receipt in the window comprises several marks 9 succeeding along said edge, especially along its entire length so that it becomes possible to control the integrity of the receipt.
  • the mark may be a sign printed on the receipt and, in these circumstances, it is the CIS sensor bar itself which constitutes the sensor capable of detecting the characteristic formed by the printed sign.
  • the marks may be printed alphanumeric signs on the receipt, which allows to design a very large number of possible combinations. It can then be envisaged that the marks in the form of alphanumeric signs constitute an authenticity control code of the game receipt.
  • the mark is printed on the game receipt in at least one color different from that of the game information. carried on the receipt.
  • the terminal 1 is equipped with shifting means 11 capable of converting the data detected by the sensor bar 5 and read parallel to the large side of the receipt, into real data corresponding to the printed information. on the receipt in parallel lines at the small side of it.
  • shifting means 11 capable of converting the data detected by the sensor bar 5 and read parallel to the large side of the receipt, into real data corresponding to the printed information. on the receipt in parallel lines at the small side of it.
  • Those skilled in the art currently have electronic means, in particular computer, matrix register type shifts that are able to restore the data detected by the sensors in the appropriate order to reconstruct real data corresponding to the information actually printed on the receipt in parallel lines at the small side of the receipt.
  • gaming terminals of the type targeted by the invention are equipped with powerful computer means, and the data conversion required by the reading of receipts lying down can be obtained in practice by a particular application defined in these computer means without addition of additional materials.

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The method involves presenting gaming receipts (7A, 7B) in a window (2) through their large side in a lying position. The receipts possess a characteristic, which differs from that of gaming schedules, and are detected in a gaming terminal (1). The receipts permit to identify presented documents as the receipts and not as the schedules. Detected data read parallel to the large side of the receipts are converted into real data corresponding to information printed on the receipts in lines parallel to the small side of the receipts. An independent claim is also included for a set of gaming elements for implementing a gaming document reading method.

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La présente invention concerne des perfectionnements apportés dans le domaine de la lecture des documents de prise de jeux.The present invention relates to improvements made in the field of reading game documents.

En se reportant aux figures 1A et 1B des dessins annexés, un terminal de prise de jeux, désigné dans son ensemble par la référence 1, comporte :

  • une fenêtre 2 allongée d'introduction d'un document à lire ;
  • des moyens d'entraînement 3 (tels que des galets) pour entraîner le document transversalement à l'étendue de la fenêtre (flèche 4) ; et
  • un barreau 5 de capteurs optiques CIS disposé parallèlement à la fenêtre 2 sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et en aval de la fenêtre 2 (considéré dans le sens de défilement du document). Un terminal de ce type est classiquement apte à lire les deux types de documents suivants :
    • des grilles de jeux 6 (représentées en traits mixtes sur la figure 1A) de format rectangulaire sur lesquelles les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au bord par lequel ces grilles de jeux 6 sont présentées dans la fenêtre 2 (dans l'exemple illustré on a supposé que la grille de jeux 6 est une carte rectangulaire allongée introduite dans la fenêtre par un de ses grands côtés),
      et
    • des reçus de jeux 7 de format rectangulaire allongé sur lesquels les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au petit côté, ces reçus de jeux 7 étant classiquement présentés dans la fenêtre 2 par leur petit côté.
Referring to FIGS. 1A and 1B of the accompanying drawings, a game terminal, designated as a whole by reference numeral 1, comprises:
  • an elongated window 2 for introducing a document to be read;
  • drive means 3 (such as rollers) for driving the document transversely to the extent of the window (arrow 4); and
  • a bar 5 of CIS optical sensors arranged parallel to the window 2 over the entire length thereof and downstream of the window 2 (considered in the document scrolling direction). A terminal of this type is classically able to read the two following types of documents:
    • game grids 6 (shown in phantom in FIG. 1A) of rectangular format on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the edge by which these game grids 6 are presented in the window 2 (in the illustrated example we have assumed that the game grid 6 is an elongated rectangular card inserted into the window by one of its long sides),
      and
    • game receipts 7 of elongated rectangular format on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the short side, these game receipts 7 being classically presented in window 2 by their small side.

Autrement dit, les deux types de documents sont présentés dans la fenêtre 2 à l'endroit, c'est-à-dire dans le sens qui permet de lire les informations qui y sont inscrites.In other words, the two types of documents are presented in the window 2 at the place, that is to say in the sense that makes it possible to read the information which is inscribed therein.

On rappellera que les jeux d'un joueur peuvent être matérialisés sur des grilles de jeux, établies à raison d'une par jeu, qui sont lues dans le terminal et enregistrées ; les jeux peuvent également être entrés directement dans le terminal à l'aide d'un clavier ou d'un écran tactile ; dans les deux cas, le terminal délivre un reçu unique sur lequel sont imprimées les informations relatives à l'ensemble des jeux du joueur. Ultérieurement, le reçu est lu à son tour par le terminal pour lire les informations portées sur le reçu et pour valider ou invalider le reçu en fonction des jeux gagnants ou perdants (un marquage spécifique est apposé sur le reçu au moins en cas de validation pour un jeu gagnant).It will be recalled that the games of a player may be materialized on gaming grids, established at a rate of one per game, which are read in the terminal and recorded; games can also be entered directly into the terminal using a keyboard or touch screen; in both cases, the terminal issues a single receipt on which the information relating to all of the player's games is printed. Subsequently, the receipt is read in turn by the terminal to read the information on the receipt and to validate or invalidate the receipt according to the winning games or losers (a specific marking is affixed to the receipt at least in case of validation for a winning game).

Les reçus 7 sont des tronçons d'une bande de matériau (en pratique du papier) en rouleau qui sont découpés en longueurs variables fonction de l'importance des informations qui y sont inscrites. Ainsi, si un joueur a fait plusieurs mises dans des jeux successifs, le reçu regroupe à la file toutes les informations relatives à ces mises dans les jeux successifs. Pour mieux fixer les idées, à la figure 2A est représenté un exemple de reçu 7A sur lequel sont enregistrées les informations 8A relatives à un seul jeu, tandis qu'à la figure 2B est représenté un reçu 7B sur lequel sont enregistrées les informations 8B relatives à trois jeux : la comparaison des reçus 7A et 7B illustrés aux figures 2A et 2B respectivement permet d'apprécier la différence entre leurs longueurs respectives.The receipts 7 are sections of a strip of material (in practice paper) in roll which are cut into lengths that vary according to the importance of the information contained therein. Thus, if a player has made several bets in successive games, the receipt groups together all the information relating to these bets in the successive games. For the sake of clarity, FIG. 2A shows an example of a receipt 7A on which the information 8A relating to a single set is recorded, while FIG. 2B shows a receipt 7B on which the related information 8B is recorded. three games: the comparison of the receipts 7A and 7B illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B respectively allows to appreciate the difference between their respective lengths.

Dans ces conditions, les reçus 7 peuvent avoir des longueurs fortement variables (par exemple de 100 à 200 mm) selon le nombre des jeux enregistrés, tandis que leur largeur reste fixe (par exemple 80 mm) et moindre que leur longueur, comme cela a été schématisé à la figure 1A.Under these conditions, the receipts 7 may have lengths that are highly variable (for example from 100 to 200 mm) depending on the number of games recorded, while their width remains fixed (for example 80 mm) and less than their length, as has was schematized in Figure 1A.

La longueur relativement importante et variable d'un reçu à un autre entraîne des difficultés d'exploitation car la durée de lecture du document, qui se fait à vitesse constante prédéterminée, demande une durée variable en relation avec sa longueur. L'utilisateur du terminal de prise de jeux est donc dans l'incapacité de prévoir la durée de traitement d'un nombre donné de joueurs. Compte tenu des dimensions précitées, ce sens de passage est donc pénalisant du point de vue des performances, et cela d'autant plus que la longueur du document est importante.The relatively large and variable length of a receipt to another results in operating difficulties because the duration of reading of the document, which is done at predetermined constant speed, requires a variable duration in relation to its length. The user of the game terminal is therefore unable to predict the duration of treatment of a given number of players. Given the aforementioned dimensions, this direction of passage is therefore penalizing from the point of view of performance, and all the more so as the length of the document is important.

Au surplus, les reçus, obtenus par découpe d'une bande en rouleau, possèdent une relative courbure qui est d'autant plus prononcée que le rouleau est proche de sa fin. De ce fait, à la sortie du terminal, les reçus plus ou moins courbés, voire enroulés sur eux-mêmes, tombent sur un plateau de réception 9 dans un grand désordre. Cela rend nécessaire de surdimensionner le plateau, ce qui conduit à un terminal relativement encombrant.In addition, the receipts, obtained by cutting a strip in a roll, have a relative curvature which is all the more pronounced as the roll is nearing its end. As a result, at the exit of the terminal, the receipts that are more or less curved, or even rolled up on themselves, fall on a reception tray 9 in a great mess. This makes it necessary to oversize the tray, which leads to a relatively bulky terminal.

On soulignera aussi le fait qu'il est difficile d'introduire un reçu long, dans la fenêtre 2, par son petit côté dans une position parfaitement alignée sans dispositif de guidage approprié. De ce point de vue ergonomique, l'introduction des reçus longs présentés dans la fenêtre 2 par leur petit côté peut s'avérer délicat, d'autant plus s'ils sont de grande longueur.It will also be emphasized that it is difficult to introduce a long receipt, in the window 2, by its short side in a perfectly aligned position without appropriate guiding device. From this point of view ergonomics, the introduction of long receipts presented in the window 2 by their small side can be difficult, especially if they are of great length.

Egalement, un défilement plus long défavorise la qualité de l'image résultante, et par conséquent augmente le risque de mauvaise lecture.Also, a longer scrolling disadvantages the quality of the resulting image, and therefore increases the risk of misreading.

L'invention a essentiellement pour but de proposer une solution perfectionnée permettant d'écarter les inconvénients rencontrés à ce jour.The main purpose of the invention is to propose an improved solution that makes it possible to eliminate the disadvantages encountered to date.

A ces fins, selon un premier de ses aspects, l'invention propose un procédé de lecture de documents de prise de jeux dans un terminal qui comporte :

  • une fenêtre allongée d'introduction d'un document à lire ;
  • des moyens d'entraînement pour entraîner le document transversalement à l'étendue de la fenêtre ; et
  • un barreau de capteurs CIS disposé parallèlement à la fenêtre sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et en aval de la fenêtre (considéré dans le sens de défilement du document) ;
le terminal étant apte à lire les deux types de documents suivants :
  • des grilles de jeux de format rectangulaire sur lesquelles les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au bord par lequel ces grilles sont présentées dans la fenêtre,
  • des reçus de jeux de format rectangulaire allongé sur lesquels les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au petit côté,
lequel procédé se caractérise, conformément à l'invention, en ce qu'on présente les reçus de jeux dans la fenêtre par leur grand côté en position couchée, en ce que les reçus de jeux (7) possèdent une caractéristique qui diffère de celle des grilles de jeux et qui est propre à être détectée dans le terminal (1) et à permettre d'identifier les documents présentés en tant que reçus de jeux et non grilles de jeux et en ce que les données détectées lues parallèlement au grand côté du reçu sont converties en données réelles correspondant aux informations imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté de celui-ci.For these purposes, according to a first of its aspects, the invention proposes a method for reading game-taking documents in a terminal that comprises:
  • an elongated window for introducing a document to be read;
  • driving means for driving the document transversely to the extent of the window; and
  • a CIS sensor bar arranged parallel to the window over the entire length thereof and downstream of the window (considered in the direction of scrolling of the document);
the terminal being able to read the two following types of documents:
  • game grids of rectangular format on which information is printed in lines parallel to the edge by which these grids are presented in the window,
  • elongated rectangular format receipts on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the short side,
which method is characterized, in accordance with the invention, in that the play receipts in the window are shown by their long side in the supine position, in that the play receipts (7) have a characteristic which differs from that of the game grids and which is suitable for being detected in the terminal (1) and for identifying the documents presented as game receipts and not gates and in that the detected data read parallel to the large side of the receipt are converted to actual data corresponding to the information printed on the receipt in parallel lines to the short side thereof.

La mise en oeuvre des dispositions conformes à l'invention est rendue possible par le fait que le terminal est équipé de capteurs optiques CIS dont le fonctionnement est indépendant des motifs qui lui sont présentés. Le barreau de capteurs optiques CIS détecte donc, sur le reçu qui défile en position couchée, des données qui n'ont pas de signification. On dispose couramment de moyens électroniques, notamment informatiques, de décalage du type registre matriciel qui sont aptes à restituer les données détectées dans l'ordre approprié pour reconstituer des données réelles correspondant aux informations effectivement imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté du reçu.The implementation of the arrangements according to the invention is made possible by the fact that the terminal is equipped with CIS optical sensors whose operation is independent of the patterns presented to it. The CIS optical sensor bar thus detects data that has no meaning on the reciprocating receipt. There are currently electronic means, including computer, matrix register type shifts that are able to restore the detected data in the appropriate order to reconstruct real data corresponding to the information actually printed on the receipt in parallel lines to the short side of the receipt .

Ainsi, par mise en oeuvre du procédé de l'invention, la lecture des reçus de jeux se fait par un défilement du document selon sa largeur, qui est relativement faible (typiquement par exemple 80 mm) et surtout qui est constante et indépendante de la longueur des informations qui y sont inscrites. La lecture de ces reçus demande alors un temps fixe prédéterminé et plus court, quelle que soit leur longueur.Thus, by implementing the method of the invention, the play receipts are read by scrolling the document according to its width, which is relatively small (typically for example 80 mm) and especially that is constant and independent of the length of the information that is written on it. Reading these receipts then requires a fixed predetermined time and shorter, regardless of their length.

De plus, même s'il est relativement courbé (fin de rouleau), le reçu introduit dans la fenêtre en position couchée est courbé transversalement par les moyens d'entraînement (en pratique, un jeu de galets d'entraînement répartis sur toute la longueur de la fenêtre d'introduction, sous celle-ci), de sorte qu'il ressort du terminal sensiblement aplati. Les reçus successifs peuvent alors s'empiler correctement dans un réceptacle qui peut désormais être de plus petites dimensions ; le terminal dans son ensemble devient sensiblement moins encombrant.In addition, even if it is relatively curved (end of roll), the receipt introduced into the window in the supine position is curved transversely by the drive means (in practice, a set of drive rollers distributed over the entire length of the introduction window, under it), so that it emerges from the substantially flattened terminal. Successive receipts can then stack correctly in a receptacle that can now be smaller; the terminal as a whole becomes substantially less bulky.

On soulignera de nouveau le fait qu'il est difficile d'introduire un reçu long dans la fenêtre d'introduction 2 dans une position parfaitement alignée sans dispositif de guidage approprié, également nécessaire pour contrôler le biais en cours de défilement. Cet inconvénient est écarté par une introduction du reçu en position couchée qui favorise un positionnement correct.It will be emphasized again that it is difficult to introduce a long receipt in the introduction window 2 in a perfectly aligned position without appropriate guidance device, also necessary to control the bias during scrolling. This disadvantage is eliminated by an introduction of the recumbent receipt which promotes correct positioning.

Bien entendu, la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention suppose que les reçus possèdent une longueur n'excédant pas la longueur de la fenêtre d'introduction et celle du barreau de capteurs optiques CIS. En pratique, cette condition est satisfaite eu égard au nombre maximum possible de jeux groupés (de l'ordre par exemple de la dizaine ou de la douzaine).Of course, the implementation of the method according to the invention assumes that the receipts have a length not exceeding the length of the introduction window and that of the CIS optical sensor bar. In practice, this condition is satisfied with regard to the maximum possible number of grouped games (of the order, for example, of the ten or the dozen).

Dans un mode de réalisation pratique et simple à mettre en oeuvre, on prévoit qu'un bord du reçu, qui est le bord de présentation dans le terminal, comporte au moins une marque propre à identifier le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux. D'autres solutions pourraient être envisagées, par exemple la détection de la nature du papier constitutif des reçus qui est différente de celle des grilles de jeux par exemple grâce à un éclairage approprié (par exemple grilles de jeux en papier normal, reçus de jeux en papier thermique).In a practical embodiment that is simple to implement, it is expected that an edge of the receipt, which is the presentation edge in the terminal, has at least one mark capable of identifying the document presented as a game receipt and no game grid. Other solutions could be envisaged, for example the detection of the nature of the constituent paper of the receipts which is different from that of the game gratings for example by virtue of appropriate lighting (for example normal paper gaming grids, received from games in thermal paper).

Avantageusement, le bord de présentation du reçu dans la fenêtre peut comporter plusieurs marques se succédant le long dudit bord.Advantageously, the presentation edge of the receipt in the window may comprise several marks succeeding one another along said edge.

De préférence, la marque est un signe imprimé sur le reçu.Preferably, the mark is a sign printed on the receipt.

De façon préférée également, les marques peuvent être des signes alphanumériques imprimés sur le reçu, lesquels signes alphanumériques peuvent alors être organisés pour constituer un code de contrôle d'authenticité du reçu de jeux. Toujours dans le but d'accroître la sécurité, la marque peut être imprimée sur le reçu de jeux dans au moins une couleur différente de celle des informations portées sur le reçu, de manière à éviter des fraudes notamment par simple photocopie.Also preferably, the marks may be alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt, which alphanumeric signs can then be organized to constitute a gaming receipt authenticity check code. Always in order to increase security, the mark may be printed on the game receipt in at least one color different from that of the information on the receipt, so as to avoid fraud including by simple photocopying.

De façon différente, on peut également prévoir qu'on réalise les grilles de jeux et les reçus de jeux en des matériaux différents et en ce qu'on détecte le matériau d'un document introduit dans le terminal pour l'identifier en tant que reçu de jeux et non pas en tant que grille de jeux.In a different way, it is also possible to provide game grids and game receipts with different materials and to detect the material of a document introduced into the terminal to identify it as a receipt. games and not as a game grid.

Selon un second de ses aspects, l'invention propose également, pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé ci-dessus, un ensemble d'éléments pour la prise de jeux, comprenant :

  • un terminal de prise de jeux incluant:
    • une fenêtre allongée d'introduction d'un document à lire ;
    • des moyens d'entraînement pour entraîner le document transversalement à l'étendue de la fenêtre ; et
    • un barreau de capteurs CIS disposé parallèlement à la fenêtre sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et en aval de la fenêtre (considéré dans le sens de défilement du document) ;
  • des grilles de jeux de format rectangulaire sur lesquelles les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au bord par lequel ces grilles sont propres à être présentées dans la fenêtre du terminal en vue de leur lecture dans le terminal ; et
  • des reçus de jeux de format rectangulaire allongé sur lesquels les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au petit côté, ces reçus étant propres à être présentés dans la fenêtre du terminal en vue de leur lecture dans le terminal;
    lequel ensemble se caractérise, étant agencé conformément à l'invention, en ce que les reçus de jeux (7) possèdent une caractéristique les différenciant des grilles de jeux, en ce que le terminal (1) comporte des moyens de détection de ladite caractéristique identifiant le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux et en ce que le terminal comporte des moyens de décalage propres à convertir les données détectées lues parallèlement au grand côté du document, identifié en tant que reçu présenté couché par son grand côté dans la fenêtre d'introduction, en données réelles correspondant aux informations imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté de celui-ci,
    ce grâce à quoi le terminal est à même de traiter des reçus de jeux présentés par leur grand côté couchés dans la fenêtre d'introduction.
According to a second of its aspects, the invention also proposes, for the implementation of the method above, a set of elements for taking games, comprising:
  • a gaming terminal including:
    • an elongated window for introducing a document to be read;
    • driving means for driving the document transversely to the extent of the window; and
    • a CIS sensor bar arranged parallel to the window over the entire length thereof and downstream of the window (considered in the direction of scrolling of the document);
  • rectangular format gates on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the edge by which these gates are suitable to be presented in the terminal window for reading in the terminal; and
  • game receipts of elongated rectangular format on which the information is printed in parallel lines to the short side, these receipts being suitable to be presented in the terminal window for reading in the terminal;
    which set is characterized, being arranged according to the invention, in that the game receivers (7) have a characteristic differentiating them from the game gates, in that the terminal (1) comprises means for detecting said identifying characteristic the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid and in that the terminal has offset means adapted to convert the detected data read parallel to the large side of the document, identified as a receipt presented lying by its long side in the input window, in real data corresponding to the information printed on the receipt in lines parallel to the short side of it,
    thanks to which the terminal is able to process game receipts presented by their long side lying in the introduction window.

Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, on prévoit qu'un bord des reçus de jeux, qui est le bord de présentation dans la fenêtre du terminal, comporte au moins une marque propre à identifier le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux.In a preferred embodiment, it is expected that an edge of the game receipts, which is the presentation edge in the terminal window, has at least one mark identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a grid. games.

Avantageusement, le bord de présentation du reçu dans la fenêtre peut comporter plusieurs marques se succédant le long dudit bord. De façon préférée, la marque peut être un signe imprimé sur le reçu. De préférence aussi, les marques peuvent être des signes alphanumériques imprimés sur le reçu, lesquels signes alphanumériques peuvent alors être organisés pour constituer un code de contrôle d'authenticité du reçu de jeux. Dans un but de sécurité, la marque imprimée sur le reçu de jeux peut être imprimée dans au moins une couleur différente de celle des informations portées sur le reçu, de manière à éviter des fraudes.Advantageously, the presentation edge of the receipt in the window may comprise several marks succeeding one another along said edge. Preferably, the mark may be a sign printed on the receipt. Also preferably, the marks may be alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt, which alphanumeric signs may then be organized to constitute a code of authenticity check of the game receipt. For security purposes, the mark printed on the game receipt may be printed in at least one color different from that of the information on the receipt, so as to avoid fraud.

Selon une variante de réalisation de l'ensemble conforme à l'invention, les grilles de jeux et les reçus de jeux sont réalisés en des matériaux différents et en ce que le terminal comporte des moyens de détection du matériau constitutif d'un document qui sont propres à identifier ledit document en tant que reçu de jeux et non en tant que grille de jeux.According to an alternative embodiment of the assembly according to the invention, the game grids and the game receipts are made of different materials and in that the terminal comprises means for detecting the material constituting a document which are to identify said document as a game receipt and not as a game grid.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée qui suit de certains modes de réalisation préférés donnés uniquement à titre d'exemples nullement limitatifs. Dans cette description, on se réfère aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1A est une vue simplifiée en perspective d'un terminal de prise de jeux visé par l'invention ;
  • la figure 1B est une vue simplifiée en coupe transversale du terminal de prise de jeux de la figure 1A ;
  • les figures 2A et 2B sont deux exemples de reçus de jeux ayant des longueurs différentes, agencés conformément à l'invention ;
  • la figure 3A est une vue simplifiée en perspective d'un terminal de prise de jeux agencé selon l'invention, illustrant le mode de traitement des reçus conformément à l'invention ; et
  • la figure 3B est une vue simplifiée en coupe transversale du terminal de prise de jeux de la figure 3A agencé selon l'invention.
The invention will be better understood on reading the following detailed description of certain preferred embodiments given solely by way of non-limiting examples. In this description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • Figure 1A is a simplified perspective view of a gaming terminal targeted by the invention;
  • Figure 1B is a simplified cross-sectional view of the gaming terminal of Figure 1A;
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are two examples of game receipts with different lengths, arranged in accordance with the invention;
  • Figure 3A is a simplified perspective view of a gaming terminal arranged according to the invention, illustrating the manner of processing receipts according to the invention; and
  • Figure 3B is a simplified cross-sectional view of the gaming terminal of Figure 3A arranged according to the invention.

Aux figures 3A et 3B (sur lesquelles les mêmes éléments sont désignés par les mêmes références numériques) est montré un terminal tel que celui des figures 1A, 1B dans la fenêtre 2 duquel le reçu 7A de courte longueur de la figure 3A est montré en position d'introduction en positon couchée conformément aux dispositions de l'invention. Pour bien faire comprendre la démarche de l'invention ainsi que l'avantage premier obtenu, on a représenté (en trait mixte) également en position d'introduction en position couchée le reçu 7B de plus grande longueur de la figure 3B.In FIGS. 3A and 3B (on which the same elements are designated by the same reference numerals) is shown a terminal such as that of FIGS. 1A, 1B in the window 2 of which the short-length receipt 7A of FIG. 3A is shown in position. introduction in lying positon according to the provisions of the invention. In order to clearly understand the approach of the invention as well as the primary advantage obtained, it is shown (in phantom) also in the lying-in introduction position the receipt 7B of greater length of FIG. 3B.

En considérant la figure 3A, mais aussi la figure 3B, on conçoit aisément que les deux reçus 7A et 7B, qui possèdent la même dimension (la même largeur) dans le sens de défilement (flèche 4) à vitesse constante identique devant le barreau 5 de capteurs, sont soumis à des durées de lecture égales et indépendante de leur longueur.Considering FIG. 3A, but also FIG. 3B, it is easy to see that the two receipts 7A and 7B, which have the same dimension (the same width) in the direction of travel (arrow 4) at the same constant speed in front of the bar 5 sensors, are subject to equal read times and independent of their length.

Conformément à l'invention, on prévoit que les reçus de jeux 7 possèdent au moins une caractéristique spécifique, par exemple physique et/ou chimique, rapportée (par exemple imprimée) ou intrinsèque, qui les différencie des grilles de jeux. Le terminal 1 comporte alors des moyens de détection propres à détecter cette caractéristique identifiant le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux.According to the invention, it is expected that the game receipts 7 have at least one specific characteristic, for example physical and / or chemical, reported (for example printed) or intrinsic, which differentiates them from game gates. The terminal 1 then comprises detection means adapted to detect this characteristic identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid.

De nombreuses solutions s'offrent à l'homme du métier pour une mise en oeuvre effective de cette disposition. En particulier, s'agissant d'une caractéristique physique et/ou chimique intrinsèque, il convient que les moyens de détection soient adaptés à la détection de cette caractéristique. Ainsi, on peut concevoir de réaliser les reçus et les grilles sur des supports de natures différentes et on met en oeuvre une détection de la nature du matériau du support pour identifier un document en tant que reçu et non pas en tant que grille de jeux. A cet effet, on incorpore dans le terminal les moyens (non montrés sur les figures 3A, 3B) de détermination du matériau constitutif des documents introduits qui permettent ainsi d'identifier un document en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux. Par exemple, alors que les grilles de jeux sont réalisables en papier ou carton mince, les reçus de jeux peuvent être réalisés en papier thermique ; les moyens de détection peuvent alors comprendre un éclairage adapté à la mise en évidence de la caractéristique "papier thermique" (par exemple éclairage ultraviolet) et un capteur correspondant.Many solutions are available to those skilled in the art for effective implementation of this provision. In particular, in the case of an intrinsic physical and / or chemical characteristic, the detection means should be suitable for detecting this characteristic. Thus, it is conceivable to produce receipts and grids on supports of different natures and implement a detection of nature. of the media material to identify a document as a receipt and not as a game grid. For this purpose, the device (not shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B) for determining the material constituting the documents introduced is incorporated in the terminal, which thus makes it possible to identify a document as a game receipt and not a game board. For example, while gaming grids can be made of paper or cardboard, gaming receipts can be made of thermal paper; the detection means may then include lighting adapted to highlighting the "thermal paper" characteristic (for example ultraviolet illumination) and a corresponding sensor.

Toutefois une solution simple à mettre en oeuvre aussi bien pour l'émission des reçus que pour leur lecture consiste à modifier la nature physique du reçu, autrement dit à leur affecter une caractéristique rapportée (c'est-à-dire non intrinsèque). Ainsi, comme montré sur les reçus 7A, 7B des figures 3A, 3B respectivement, chaque reçu peut comporter ou recevoir sur un de ses bords 10 longitudinal, qui est son bord d'introduction dans la fenêtre 2 du terminal, au moins une marque 9 propre à identifier le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux. Avantageusement, le bord de présentation du reçu dans la fenêtre comporte plusieurs marques 9 se succédant le long dudit bord, notamment sur toute sa longueur de sorte qu'il devient possible de contrôler l'intégrité du reçu. Notamment la marque peut être un signe imprimé sur le reçu et, dans ces conditions, c'est le barreau 5 de capteurs CIS lui-même qui constitue le capteur propre à détecter la caractéristique formée par le signe imprimé.However, a simple solution to implement both for issuing the receipts and for reading them consists in modifying the physical nature of the receipt, in other words, assigning them to a reported (that is, non-intrinsic) characteristic. Thus, as shown on the receipts 7A, 7B of FIGS. 3A, 3B respectively, each receipt may comprise or receive on one of its longitudinal edges, which is its insertion edge in the window 2 of the terminal, at least one mark 9. to identify the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid. Advantageously, the presentation edge of the receipt in the window comprises several marks 9 succeeding along said edge, especially along its entire length so that it becomes possible to control the integrity of the receipt. In particular, the mark may be a sign printed on the receipt and, in these circumstances, it is the CIS sensor bar itself which constitutes the sensor capable of detecting the characteristic formed by the printed sign.

Dans un mode de réalisation intéressant, les marques peuvent être des signes alphanumériques imprimés sur le reçu, ce qui permet de concevoir un nombre très élevé de combinaisons possibles. On peut alors envisager que les marques sous forme de signes alphanumériques constituent un code de contrôle d'authenticité du reçu de jeux.In an interesting embodiment, the marks may be printed alphanumeric signs on the receipt, which allows to design a very large number of possible combinations. It can then be envisaged that the marks in the form of alphanumeric signs constitute an authenticity control code of the game receipt.

Avantageusement, toujours dans un but de contrôle de l'authenticité du reçu et d'éviter les fraudes par exemple par photocopie, on peut prévoir que la marque soit imprimée sur le reçu de jeux dans au moins une couleur différente de celle des informations de jeux portées sur le reçu.Advantageously, always for the purpose of checking the authenticity of the receipt and to avoid fraud, for example by photocopying, it is possible for the mark to be printed on the game receipt in at least one color different from that of the game information. carried on the receipt.

Il faut cependant souligner que les reçus de jeux nouvellement émis pourraient comporter une ligne de chiffres de contrôle d'authenticité imprimée le long d'un bord longitudinal (typiquement le bord droit) des reçus et que ces chiffres pourraient être imprimés dans une couleur (typiquement en rouge) différente de la couleur d'impression des reçus (typiquement en noir). Dans ce cas, l'apport de l'invention résiderait dans la fonction additionnelle attribuée à cette ligne de chiffres, aux fins d'identification du bord d'introduction des reçus dans la fenêtre du terminal.It should be noted, however, that newly issued game receipts may have a line of authenticity checks printed along a longitudinal edge (typically the right edge) of receipts and that these numbers could be printed in a color (typically in red) different from the receipt printing color (typically black). In this case, the contribution of the invention lies in the additional function assigned to this line of digits, for the purpose of identifying the edge of introduction of receipts in the terminal window.

Enfin, comme montré très schématiquement à la figure 3B, le terminal 1 est équipé de moyens de décalage 11 propres à convertir les données détectées par le barreau 5 de capteurs, et lues parallèlement au grand côté du reçu, en données réelles correspondant aux informations imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté de celui-ci. L'homme du métier dispose couramment de moyens électroniques, notamment informatiques, de décalage du type registre matriciel qui sont aptes à restituer les données détectées par les capteurs dans l'ordre approprié pour reconstituer des données réelles correspondant aux informations effectivement imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté du reçu. En pratique, les terminaux de jeux du type visé par l'invention sont équipés de moyens informatiques puissants, et la conversion des données nécessitée par la lecture des reçus en position couchée peut être obtenue en pratique par une application particulière définie dans ces moyens informatiques sans ajout de matériels supplémentaires.Finally, as shown very schematically in FIG. 3B, the terminal 1 is equipped with shifting means 11 capable of converting the data detected by the sensor bar 5 and read parallel to the large side of the receipt, into real data corresponding to the printed information. on the receipt in parallel lines at the small side of it. Those skilled in the art currently have electronic means, in particular computer, matrix register type shifts that are able to restore the data detected by the sensors in the appropriate order to reconstruct real data corresponding to the information actually printed on the receipt in parallel lines at the small side of the receipt. In practice, gaming terminals of the type targeted by the invention are equipped with powerful computer means, and the data conversion required by the reading of receipts lying down can be obtained in practice by a particular application defined in these computer means without addition of additional materials.

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Procédé de lecture de documents de prise de jeux dans un terminal (1) de prise de jeux qui comporte : - une fenêtre (2) allongée d'introduction d'un document (6, 7) à lire ; - des moyens d'entraînement (3) pour entraîner le document (6, 7) transversalement à l'étendue de la fenêtre (2) ; et - un barreau (5) de capteurs CIS disposé parallèlement à la fenêtre (2) sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et en aval de la fenêtre (considéré dans le sens (4) de défilement du document) ;
le terminal (1) étant apte à lire les deux types de documents suivants : • des grilles de jeux (6) de format rectangulaire sur lesquelles les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au bord par lequel ces grilles sont présentées dans la fenêtre (2), • des reçus de jeux (7) de format rectangulaire allongé de longueurs variables sur lesquels les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au petit côté, caractérisé en ce qu'on présente les reçus de jeux (7) dans la fenêtre par leur grand côté en position couchée, en ce que les reçus de jeux (7) possèdent une caractéristique qui diffère de celle des grilles de jeux et qui est propre à être détectée dans le terminal (1) et à permettre d'identifier les documents présentés en tant que reçus de jeux et non grilles de jeux et en ce que les données détectées lues parallèlement au grand côté des reçus sont converties en données réelles correspondant aux informations imprimées sur les reçus en lignes parallèles au petit côté de ceux-ci.A method of reading game-taking documents in a game-taking terminal (1) which comprises: an elongated window (2) for introducing a document (6, 7) to be read; - drive means (3) for driving the document (6, 7) transversely to the extent of the window (2); and - A bar (5) of CIS sensors arranged parallel to the window (2) over the entire length thereof and downstream of the window (considered in the direction (4) scrolling of the document);
the terminal (1) being able to read the two following types of documents: • gates (6) of rectangular format on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the edge by which these grids are presented in the window (2), • game receipts (7) of elongated rectangular format of variable lengths on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the short side, characterized in that the clearance receipts (7) are presented in the window by their long side in a lying position, in that the game receipts (7) have a characteristic which differs from that of the game gates and which is clean. to be detected in the terminal (1) and to identify the documents presented as game receipts and non-game gates and in that the detected data read in parallel with the long side of the receipts are converted into actual data corresponding to the information printed on receipts in parallel lines at the short side of them. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un bord (10) des reçus de jeux (7), qui est le bord de présentation dans la fenêtre (2), comporte au moins une marque (9) propre à identifier le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux.Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that an edge (10) of the clearance receipts (7), which is the presentation edge in the window (2), has at least one mark (9) suitable for identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a game grid. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la marque est un signe imprimé sur le reçu.Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the mark is a sign printed on the receipt. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que les marques (9) sont des signes alphanumériques imprimés sur le reçu.Method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the marks (9) are alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les marques (9) sont des signes alphanumériques constituant un code de contrôle d'authenticité des reçus de jeux (7) .Method according to Claim 4, characterized in that the marks (9) are alphanumeric signs constituting an authenticity check code of the game receipts (7). Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la marque (9) est imprimée sur les reçus de jeux (7) dans au moins une couleur différente de celle des informations portées sur les reçus.Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the mark (9) is printed on the game receipts (7) in at least one color different from that of the information carried on the receipts. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'on réalise les grilles de jeux et les reçus de jeux en des matériaux différents et en ce qu'on détecte le matériau d'un document introduit dans le terminal pour l'identifier en tant que reçu de jeux et non pas en tant que grille de jeux.Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the game grids and the game receivers are made of different materials and in that the material of a document introduced into the terminal is detected in order to identify it as a received from games and not as a game grid. Ensemble d'éléments pour la prise de jeux pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant : - un terminal (1) de prise de jeux incluant : • une fenêtre (2) allongée d'introduction d'un document (6, 7) à lire ; • des moyens d'entraînement (3) pour entraîner le document (6, 7) transversalement à l'étendue de la fenêtre ; et • un barreau (5) de capteurs CIS disposé parallèlement à la fenêtre (2) sur toute la longueur de celle-ci et en aval de la fenêtre (considéré dans le sens (4) de défilement du document) ; - des grilles de jeux (6) de format rectangulaire sur lesquelles les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au bord par lequel ces grilles (6) sont propres à être présentées dans la fenêtre (2) du terminal en vue de leur lecture dans le terminal ; et - des reçus de jeux (7) de format rectangulaire allongé sur lesquels les informations sont imprimées en lignes parallèles au petit côté, ces reçus de jeux (7) étant propres à être présentés dans la fenêtre (2) du terminal en vue de leur lecture dans le terminal ; caractérisé en ce que les reçus de jeux (7) possèdent une caractéristique les différenciant des grilles de jeux, en ce que le terminal (1) comporte des moyens de détection de ladite caractéristique identifiant le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux et en ce que le terminal (1) comporte des moyens de décalage (11) propres à convertir les données détectées lues parallèlement au grand côté du document, identifié en tant que reçu présenté couché par son grand côté dans la fenêtre (2) d'introduction, en données réelles correspondant aux informations imprimées sur le reçu en lignes parallèles au petit côté de celui-ci,
ce grâce à quoi le terminal (1) est à même de traiter des reçus de jeux (7) présentés par leur grand côté couchés dans la fenêtre (2) d'introduction.Set of elements for taking games for carrying out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising: a terminal (1) for taking games including: An elongated window (2) for introducing a document (6, 7) to be read; Drive means (3) for driving the document (6, 7) transversely to the extent of the window; and • a bar (5) of CIS sensors arranged parallel to the window (2) over the entire length thereof and downstream of the window (considered in the direction (4) of scrolling of the document); game gratings (6) of rectangular format on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the edge by which these grids (6) are adapted to be presented in the window (2) of the terminal for reading in the terminal ; and - Gaming receipts (7) of elongated rectangular format on which the information is printed in lines parallel to the short side, these game receipts (7) being adapted to be presented in the window (2) of the terminal for reading in the terminal; characterized in that the game receivers (7) have a feature distinguishing them from the game grids, in that the terminal (1) comprises means for detecting said characteristic identifying the document presented as a game receipt and not a grid of games and in that the terminal (1) comprises shifting means (11) adapted to convert the detected data read parallel to the large side of the document, identified as receipt presented lying by its long side in the window (2) of introduction, in real data corresponding to the information printed on the receipt in parallel lines at the short side of it,
thanks to which the terminal (1) is able to process games receipts (7) presented by their long side lying in the window (2) of introduction. Ensemble selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un bord (10) des reçus de jeux (7), qui est le bord de présentation dans la fenêtre (2) du terminal, comporte au moins une marque (9) propre à identifier le document présenté en tant que reçu de jeux et non grille de jeux.An assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that an edge (10) of the clearance receipts (7), which is the presentation edge in the window (2) of the terminal, comprises at least one mark (9) suitable for identification the document presented as a game receipt and not a game board. Ensemble selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la marque est un signe imprimé sur le reçu.Assembly according to claim 9, characterized in that the mark is a sign printed on the receipt. Ensemble selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les marques (9) sont des signes alphanumériques imprimés sur le reçu.Assembly according to Claim 10, characterized in that the marks (9) are alphanumeric signs printed on the receipt. Ensemble selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que les marques (9) formées de signes alphanumériques constituent un code de contrôle d'authenticité des reçus de jeux (7).An assembly according to claim 11, characterized in that the marks (9) formed of alphanumeric signs constitute an authenticity check code of the game receipts (7). Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, caractérisé en ce que la marque (9) imprimée sur le reçu de jeux (7) est imprimée dans au moins une couleur différente de celle des informations portées sur le reçu.An assembly according to any one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that the mark (9) printed on the clearance receipt (7) is printed in at least one color different from that of the information carried on the receipt. Ensemble selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les grilles de jeux et les reçus de jeux sont réalisés en des matériaux différents et en ce que le terminal comporte des moyens de détection du matériau constitutif d'un document qui sont propres à identifier ledit document en tant que reçu de jeux et non en tant que grille de jeux.An assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that the game grids and the game receivers are made of different materials and in that the terminal comprises means for detecting the material constituting a document which are suitable for identifying said document as a game receipt and not as a game grid.
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